- The Game Boy Color was backward compatible with the Game Boy, but a faster processor and a color screen allowed for new gameplay experiences.
- The Game Boy's stroke of genius when it first launched was to include a copy of Tetris, and for the Game Boy Color, an enhanced version of Tetris was inevitable.
- It was not the multi-colored housing, but a color screen! Although the blue box looked exactly like normal Game Boy Pocket, inside it had something different.
- So it was in the fall of 1998 that the Game Boy Color (GBC) came out in Japan and America, to arrive in 1999 in Europe.
- The Game Boy Color was the first major hardware revision to the Game Boy line, with improved hardware and a full colour screen.
- The Game Boy Color was a response to pressure from game developers for a new system, as they felt that the Game Boy, even in its latest incarnation...
- So, in the end, you’ll get a good understanding of how the Game Boy works and how its technology subsequently evolved to become the Game Boy Color.
- Game Boy Color Schematic. Contributors. Special thanks to GetOutOfBox for contributions to the IC information section.
- The Game Boy Color did have three times as much memory as the original Game Boy and it supported 32,768 bits of color.
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